The Velvet Rope

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concept album studio album

The Velvet Rope is a critically acclaimed 1997 studio album by American singer Janet Jackson that blends R&B, pop, and trip hop while exploring themes of sexuality, self-worth, and emotional vulnerability.

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Label Occurrences
The Velvet Rope canonical 21
Janet Jackson – The Velvet Rope 1
Velvet Rope 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concept album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Janet Jackson ⓘ
awardReceived Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album – Female ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
describedAs experimental ⓘ
introspective ⓘ
featuresArtist Blackstreet ⓘ
Joni Mitchell ⓘ
Q-Tip ⓘ
followedBy All for You ⓘ
follows janet. ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
hip hop soul ⓘ
neo soul ⓘ
pop ⓘ
trip hop ⓘ
hasCertification BPI Platinum ⓘ
surface form: BPI platinum

Music Canada platinum ⓘ
RIAA triple platinum ⓘ
hasTheme LGBT issues ⓘ
depression ⓘ
domestic violence ⓘ
emotional vulnerability ⓘ
self-worth ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
includesTrack Empty ⓘ
Every Time ⓘ
Free Xone ⓘ
Go Deep ⓘ
Got 'til It's Gone ⓘ
I Get Lonely ⓘ
Together Again ⓘ
The Velvet Rope self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Velvet Rope

What About ⓘ
You ⓘ
influenced contemporary R&B ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
language English ⓘ
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Album of the Year ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best R&B Album ⓘ
notableWorkOf Janet Jackson ⓘ
performer Janet Jackson ⓘ
producer Janet Jackson ⓘ
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis ⓘ
surface form: Jimmy Jam

Terry Lewis ⓘ
recordedInTimePeriod 1996–1997 ⓘ
recordLabel Virgin Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1997-10-07 ⓘ
tour The Velvet Rope World Tour ⓘ

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Janet Jackson → notableWork → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
Janet Jackson → notableWork → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
this entity surface form: Velvet Rope Tour
The Velvet Rope → includesTrack → The Velvet Rope self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Velvet Rope
Miss Jackson → associatedWithAlbum → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
Together Again → album → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
Together Again → partOf → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
Together Again Tour → includesAlbumMaterialFrom → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
René Elizondo Jr. → workedOnAlbum → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
this entity surface form: Janet Jackson – The Velvet Rope
Got 'til It's Gone → album → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
Got 'til It's Gone → partOf → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
I Get Lonely → album → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
Go Deep → album → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
Go Deep → isFromAlbum → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
What About → album → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
What About → partOf → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
Free Xone → album → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
Free Xone → partOf → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
Empty → album → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
Empty → partOf → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
Empty → isTrackOn → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
Every Time → album → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
Every Time → partOf → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
Every Time → includedInAlbum → The Velvet Rope ⓘ
The Velvet Rope World Tour → supportingAlbum → The Velvet Rope ⓘ